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Advanced Operations
parameter Definitions
Sensitivity
This adjusts the sensitivity of the pad trigger to regulate the pad response. Higher settings
result in higher sensitivity, so that the pad will produce a loud volume even when struck
softly. You can also adjust the sensitivity of the splash in SPLASH SENSITIVITY.
Threshold
This setting allows a trigger signal to be received only when the pad is struck harder
than a specified force. This can be used to prevent a pad from sounding in response to
extraneous vibrations from another pad.
Curve (Trigger curve)
This setting allows you to control the relation between the velocity (striking force) and
changes in volume (the dynamic curve.) Adjust this curve until the response feels as
natural as possible.
Retrig-C (Retrigger cancel)
Playing snare drum pads and other devices with commercially available acoustic drum
triggers attached may result in altered waveforms, which may also cause inadvertent
sounding. This occurs in particular at the decaying edge of the waveform. Retrigger
Cancel detects such distortion in and prevents retriggering from occurring. Although
setting this to a high value prevents retriggering, it then becomes easy for sounds to be
omitted when the drums played fast (roll etc.). Set this to the lowest value possible while
still ensuring that there is no retriggering.
X- Talk (Pad Crosstalk)
When two pads are mounted on the same stand, the vibration produced by hitting one
pad may trigger the sound from another pad unintentionally (This is called crosstalk.)
You can avoid this problem by adjusting Crosstalk Cancel on the pad that is sounding
inadvertently. If the value is set too high, then when two pads are played simultaneously,
the one that is struck less forcefully will not sound. So be careful and set this parameter
to the minimum value required to prevent such crosstalk. With a setting of 0 crosstalk
prevention does not function.
Splash-S
When the trigger input selected is hi-hat or splash this will determine the amount of Snare
rim sensitivity.
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